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Photon Posted 6 years ago
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I had my bike repaired by him last week.

I had my bike repaired by him last week.

Question: Does this sentence sound perfectly natural to you?

  

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Photon I had my bike repaired by him last week. Question: Does this sentence sound perfectly natural to you? No!

  • Photon I had my bike repaired by him last week.
  • Question: Does this sentence sound perfectly natural to you?
  • No!
  • It's completely understandable, but not natural.
  • It's very unlikely that a native speaker would express that thought with those words.
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Photon

I had my bike repaired by him last week.

Question: Does this sentence sound perfectly natural to you?

No! It's completely understandable, but not natural. It's very unlikely that a native speaker would express that thought with those words. You need this:

I had him repair my bike last week.

CJ

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